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Holy Land Co-ordination

The Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land (Holy Land Co-ordination) is currently made up of representatives from Catholic Bishops' Conferences from across Europe and North America. The overall aim of the Holy Land Co-ordination is to act in solidarity with the Christian community in the Holy Land, through the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, and to share in the pastoral life of the local Church as it experiences intense political and social-economic pressure.

The Holy Land Co-ordination meets every January in the Holy Land. The meeting begins with parish and pastoral visits on the opening weekend and the following four days are taken up with official meetings. Based in Jerusalem, the Holy Land Co-ordination has visited various towns in the Holy Land and in 2006 it visited Jordan for the first time.

PRESS RELEASES

30.01.07 Zenit interview with Spanish Bishop Vives i Sicilia on the Holy Land

26.01.07 Vatican Radio interview with Archbishop Kelly on the Holy Land

18.01.07 Final Communiqué of Holy Land Co-ordination 2007

09.01.07 Bishops to visit the Holy Land

01.02.06 Archbishop Kelly reflects on his visit to the Holy Land

19.01.06 Final Communiqué of Holy Land Co-ordination 2006

17.01.06 Archbishop Kelly meets King Abdullah II of Jordan

26.01.05 Statement on the Holy Land Co-ordination

24.01.05 Archbishop Kelly expresses solidarity with Christians in the Holy Land

07.01.05 Archbishop Kelly to visit the Holy Land

15.01.04 Bishops speak of hope in the Holy Land

15.01.04 Urgent need for peace in the Holy Land

14.01.04 Palestinians tell Bishops of hardship

13.01.04 Address by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

13.01.04 HLC opens with address by Latin Patriarch

12.01.04 Archbishop Kelly visits Palestinian community

16.01.03 Message of solidarity to the Church in the Holy Land

16.01.03 HLC message to Christians of the Holy Land

10.01.03 Holy Land Co-ordination to talk with Presidents Arafat and Katsav

11.04.02 Statement on the desperate situation in the Holy Land

24.01.02 Catholic Bishops meet Palestinian Christian communities

WEB LINKS

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land

Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of England and Wales

Bethlehem University

Christian Information Centre, Jerusalem

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